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Chapter 248 Finalizing!Summer gear smoke! (fourth update!)

After finishing the small meeting with Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei, Tang An went through the whole material a little in the afternoon.

In the afternoon, I went to the North and South Brothers Culture to see the progress of the special effects.

If you wait until the editing is done before doing special effects, it will definitely be too late.

In fact, for places that needed special effects, Tang An shipped the materials to him after filming, and they edited and produced special effects.

Each independent scene, grasp the time well, and there will be no conflicts. At most, it will take two or three days to make more refined cuts at the end.

This time it was not only Xiao Yang’s North-South Culture who contracted the production of special effects, but also the heads of several other companies, who discussed special effects issues together.

Coincidentally, the other three companies and studios were one of the constituent parties of Tiangong Yingcai.

This is also one of the best private special effects teams in China in the future, and it is still very young.

It's a pity that Tang An has no money, otherwise he could have recruited them all.

Don't look at the tens of millions for special effects, and later "Havoc in Heaven" spent hundreds of millions. This money seems to be very easy to earn.

In people's impression, isn't it just to use a computer? The computer is only a few dollars, and the labor is also cheap.

In fact, Tang An could spend 3000 to [-] million to combine the four of them, but if he didn't invest a huge amount of money in the future, it would be impossible to reach the later scale. If he died, he would be a medium-sized special effects company.

Financing was necessary, and later Tiangong Films also received a large amount of foreign capital, including Wang Zhonglei, Chen Guofu, Feng Xiaogang and other groups, and they could not get control at all.

In this case, it is better to wait until they are formally established next year and buy shares when they are short of money.

To really develop to the later scale, the initial investment in hardware and software alone needs to be at least 3000 million.

The wages of hundreds of employees are in the millions a month.

A computer costs tens of thousands, and it needs to be replaced every three or four years. Specialized workstations, storage arrays, and huge power consumption are all very expensive.

And it is not something that can be done by dozens of computers. For example, "Transformers", if it is made with one computer, it will take at least several hundred years!
A large-scale special effects company needs at least hundreds of computers. Top special effects companies like Weta Digital and Industrial Light & Magic always have at least a thousand top-level computers, each costing tens of thousands of dollars.

In other words, they have to replace a batch of computers worth tens of millions of dollars every three to five years.

That's just part of the hardware, there's also the software.

You may ask, does the software cost money?
You thought it was love editing!

How could it be given to you for free!
Genuine CG software is generally not permanent, and it needs to be charged annually. A lot of software is used to make CG, and these software are not cheap.

For example, Weta Digital spends nearly [-] million Renminbi a year on a single renderer.

This is only the money spent on the renderer, not counting other production software.

After exchanging his opinions and ideas, Tang An handed over the production of special effects to them, no longer asking questions, and focusing on editing.

In the evening, I went to Xu Manyun's house to see if there was anything in the studio that required him to come forward.

"I may stay in Huayi for the next month. If there are any documents to be signed in the studio, please bring them here."

After dinner, I lay reclined on the sofa, enjoying the last leisure.

"Aren't you coming back, just sleeping in Huayi?" Xu Manyun went to the study to bring some documents and handed them over.

"I asked someone to spare a room next to the editing room, build a bed, and just deal with it."

After looking at it for a while, I signed it in a hurry.

"Is there anything else I need to do?"

""Spike Fang" will be launched in two days, and Xu Zheng's script of "On the Journey" is still being revised, do you want to read it then?" Xu Manyun thought for a while and said.

"I won't go to the launch conference of "Spike Fang", you just need to come forward, tell Wu Jing that I will wait for him to come back from the finale in the capital to celebrate, and you can leave "People on the Journey" to Xu Zheng. , the actor let him decide for himself, just supervise the finances.”

There were no important roles in the two movies, and there was no need for Tang An to intervene.

"But only give them the right to shoot, and be more strict in other aspects. If the two films can't be controlled, bring Zhao Lei, Xu Tao, and Wang Zhenguo. They are all old producers. They can be trusted after working together for so long."

Blindly delegating power will not make people grateful. The other party is more likely to push forward and let others know your existence all the time, even if you have never appeared.

Just like the sentence in "Super Body", "I am everywhere"!
Work will start tomorrow, Tang An went to bed early.

It was about to retreat for a month, and both of them seized the last time to enjoy this wonderful evening to the fullest.

The silver bottle is broken and the water is sprayed out, and the iron cavalry protrudes, and the swords and guns blare. . .

I got up a little late the next day, and I didn't know who was playing the pipa last night, it was really unpleasant.

Even if it was ugly, it played until after two o'clock in the morning, and I didn't sleep well.

I drove to Huayi, and it was already past 9 o'clock when I arrived.

This time I met Li Binbin in the lobby again, but compared to the smile on his face last time, he seemed unhappy.

"What's wrong, Binbin, who messed with you?" Tang An walked up and smiled.

Li Binbin looked back when he heard the words, "It's nothing, I didn't get an endorsement, but why are you not in a good spirit?"

"Oh, isn't this the beginning of post-processing? I was very busy yesterday."

"You have more than ten endorsements now, if you lose one, you will lose one!" Tang An said with a smile.

"It's Gucci's Asian spokesperson. Wang Dong only talked about Wang Xiaoming's male spokesperson." Li Binbin said with some displeasure.

"Who is the female spokesperson?"

"No one, Gucci only wants a man this time."

"Then why not be unhappy, you can't become a man." Tang An shrugged.

"I know, but I'm a little depressed. An endorsement of this level is hard to come by. I don't know if there is a chance." Li Binbin shook his head.

"There will be, don't worry."

But it will take another 4 years. Later, Gucci paid more and more attention to the domestic market. In order to expand its influence in the country, it even donated the heads of rats and rabbits, which are national treasures, and asked for a large-scale donation ceremony. The boss personally attended the donation ceremony.

You know, these two national treasures were auctioned at the Christex Auction House in 09. At that time, despite the protests of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of my country, the other party did not withdraw the auction.

And the majority shareholder of this Jiadeshi auction house is the French Pinot family, which owns the world's third largest luxury brand "Kering Group".

Gucci is a brand under Kering Group.

To put it bluntly, it is because when the news of their refusal to withdraw the auction was sent back to China, some netizens began to call on consumers to boycott the brands under the Kering Group. The image once fell. Returning the national treasure is just to restore the image. After all, it is a top luxury brand. .

That is, the year before, Gucci hired Li Binbin as the spokesperson for the Asian region, and was promoted to be the global spokesperson the next year.

But this was all after she left Huayi and got to know Wendy Deng. At that time, Wendy Deng and Zhang Ziyi turned against each other.

The heroine of "Snowflake and Secret Fan" is said to be Zhang Ziyi, but for some unknown reason, Wendy Deng finally invited Li Binbin to play the role.

The relationship between women is far more complicated than that between men, tsk tsk.
"By the way, a bed was brought in next door to the editing room. Are you going to live in the company?" Li Binbin asked again.

"That's right, I've been eating, drinking, and sleeping in the company, who made me so dedicated." Tang An said rather stinkingly.

"Don't be so disgusting." Li Binbin curled his lips in disgust.

"Then I will go to you when no one is around at night?"

"Forget it, I work twelve hours a day, don't break my body." Tang An shook his head with a wry smile.

Amidst Li Binbin's teasing laughter, Tang An walked into the editing room, and the two editing rooms inside were his assistants, and they began to work.

Just when Tang An'an was devoting himself to his work, some small things happened outside.

Action star Wu Jing's self-directed and self-acted "Spike Fang" was launched. At this time, he was just an ordinary star, at most he could be regarded as a second-tier star, and no one paid attention to him.

Although the film's investor, the great director Tang An, did not show up, Wu Jing, who was about to ask him for advice, was a little disappointed, but the film was launched smoothly.

In Atlantic New City, Beijing, Xu Zheng is revising the script at home.

It is the first time to direct a film, and Xu Zheng has already revised the script twice from the original work.

Without the permission of the investor, he did not change the main plot, but carefully refined the side details.

And this plot is very interesting, and he couldn't find anything suitable to replace it.

Halfway through the morning, little Tao Hong handed over half an apple before going to cook.

"Let's take a break and eat an apple."

"I don't have time, I have to get the script out as soon as possible and form a crew."

Xu Zheng stuck his head out, bit it in his mouth, and spoke vaguely.

Little Tao Hong came from the kitchen when he heard the news, wearing an apron and holding a kitchen knife, he wondered, "Didn't you say that there is no rush, the theme of the Spring Festival Transport can only catch up with the 10th Spring Festival."

Xu Zheng bit off half of the fruit in one bite, gulped it down twice, bit off the other half, and threw the fruit core on the table.

"10 years is too far away, I will release it during the Spring Festival next year!"

"The investors are not in a hurry, what are you in a hurry for?"

"This is an opportunity. I don't want to wait another year. Look at Renmozi, who made "Crazy Stone" and became a dark horse director and a leading figure in the new generation of directors."

"It seems that Tang An wore these two hats after the first movie, right?" Xiao Tao Hong thought for a while and said.

"That's right, it was Lu Chuan, Tang An, and Ning Hao before. Maybe one will appear this year, and another one will come next year."

"Have you seen any new directors appearing in the past two years? Not a single one. The competition for the schedule is too fierce now, let alone the summer and Lunar New Year. There will be several blockbuster films in March and April. If you don't hurry up, you won't have a chance!"

"It's up to you. You used to like directing in the repertory theater, and you didn't make a name for yourself." Xiao Tao Hong packed up the fruit cores, and then went to cook.

"Hey, don't talk about being discouraged. I have a hunch that this movie will definitely be popular. The theme of Spring Festival travel will easily resonate with the audience!"

In mid-May, a video suddenly popped up on the homepages of major video sites, with the title "The latest trailer for Now You See Me."

Another new trailer is out?

Many of the found videos immediately clicked in, staring at the screen expectantly.

It seemed to be in a place similar to an abandoned warehouse, where people were standing everywhere, even the surrounding iron shelves were full of people.

There is a large water tank in the middle, which seems to be performing magic.

Escape magic is right!
Sure enough, Tang Yan came out wearing a leather skirt, tied his hands and feet, and let the two people next to him tear off the leather skirt, revealing the lovely leather vest and leather shorts inside.

There is a looming hook, the firm belly is grasped tightly, and the long white and straight legs are exposed underneath.

But before the audience in front of the computer had time to appreciate it for two seconds, Tang Yan fell into the water tank.

Then he untied the iron chain to escape, and the camera also gave a close-up shot of Jiqian, lower abdomen, and thigh.

Gollum!

I don't know how many people swallowed their saliva at the same time on the computer, and they were already ready to lick the screen.

But the next moment, everyone's throats were about to pop up.

Tang Yan didn't untie the iron chain, and when the time came, the water tank full of piranhas poured down from above, submerging Tang Yan instantly, and the water tank became scarlet.

The video ends abruptly.

"wipe!"

"Nima"

The audience in front of the computer started cursing at the same time.

"Have you watched the trailer just now, it made me shiver in the end!"

"Me too, I thought it was an ordinary escape magic trick, and I was ready to appreciate that no one came out of the bath, but it ended up like this!"

"Master Tang An, why did the promised magic movie turn into a horror movie again!"

"Tang An's words are unbelievable. It's science fiction and horror. Don't make it a hodgepodge!"

A week later, another promotional video appeared. Following Tang Yan's death in Yukou, Deng Kai also died in a car accident.

The two protagonists died in a row, and now the audience is not calm.

"Okay, it's really become a horror movie, Tang An is really going to return to his old job!"

"Finally, I can see Tang An's horror movies again. In the past two years, there have been more and more domestic horror movies, and there have been more and more bad ones. I'm about to vomit!"

"Watching a horror movie, it's better to have a new theme, something new!"

"If you want to watch magic tricks, you might as well watch a David Copperfield video!"

"It's so exciting. It's going to become a horror and suspense movie. I wonder if Liu Ye will die in the next trailer!"

However, some viewers were disappointed. The next trailer was a regular magic trick, except for Tang Yan flying up in the bubble, there was nothing amazing about it.

On June 6th, when the summer vacation was approaching, another trailer appeared.

The bills flying all over the sky stimulated all the viewers watching the video.

Many viewers who did not participate in the live filming finally understood what it was like to say what those people said.

Think about it, countless banknotes are falling from your head, and you can see them everywhere around you and under your feet. You wish you were a member of it and put all the money in your pocket.

Three trailers have been released in succession, and the one that the audience is most looking forward to is now released as the summer vacation is approaching. Now everyone smells something unusual.

That is the smell of gunpowder smoke!
Early the next morning, Huayi's official website officially announced that "Now You See Me" is scheduled to be released on July 7, and will meet the audience in the summer file!
At the same time, China Film Group in Xinjiekouwai Street, Haidian District.

In a certain office, there was a voice suppressing anger.

"Wang Zhongjun, what does he want to do!"

Eight thousand words are completed, before 12 o'clock!

(End of this chapter)